BCM - National School of Tropical Medicine Summer Institute
Summer Institute: Introduction to Tropical Medicine
In coordination with Baylor University, the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine began offering the Summer Institute Program: Introduction to Tropical Medicine. The intensive two-week course, held in Houston, Texas familiarizes undergraduate students with the field of tropical medicine. The program dates for 2025 are June 9-20.
Application will open in December and will close at the end of March. For questions, please email Rizalia_Klausmeyer@baylor.edu.
COSTS to Students
The Program cost is $2000. The Office of Prehealth Studies will provide the opportunity for a $1000 Scholarship for qualified applicants.
Students can find hotel accommodations. There may be an opportunity through NSTM for hotel accommodations, and we will notify students if this option becomes available.
The National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (NSTM) is one of the first of its kind devoted to the neglected diseases that disproportionately afflict the bottom billion, the world's poorest people who live below the World Bank poverty level. Learn more about neglected tropical diseases by reading the JOURNAL of Dr. Peter Hotez. Watch the video here!
NSTM has partnered with Baylor University to create an introductory program designed to help undergraduate and baccalaureate students determine whether tropical medicine is the right fit. This course concentration, held at the heart of the Texas Medical Center, will introduce students to this field through explorations of global health, epidemiology, public health, infectious diseases, parasitic disease and neglected tropical diseases.
Over the course of two weeks, selected students will participate in seminars with leading experts in these fields and visit research centers conducting cutting-edge research.
Whether you are considering a career in medicine, research, or are undecided, this two-week program will give you the experience and information you need to make the right decision for your future.
NSTM
One Baylor Plaza-BCM113
Houston, Texas 77030
713.798.1199
Fax: 713.798.2299
Dr. Peter Hotez
The National School of Tropical Medicine (NSTM) at Baylor College of Medicine is the only school of tropical medicine in the United States solely committed to addressing the world's most pressing tropical diseases that disproportionately afflict "the bottom billion," the world's poorest people who live below the World Bank poverty level.